OT: Science returns to the EPA, and new head of key NIH environmental science agency is a toxicologist

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http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/02/06/obama-administration-brings-change-to-\

epa-and-nih/

 

Obama administration brings change to EPA and NIH

February 6, 2009 by Susie  

Science returns to the EPA, and new head of key NIH environmental science agency

is a toxicologist

Beyond Pesticides reports that the new head of the Environmental Protection

Agency, P. , pledges to uphold science and public health.

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Here's some more info on . Let's hope she is allowed to do things

the right way without political interference from the insurance industry and

others.

As

EPA’s Administrator, P. leads a staff of approximately

18,000 professionals dedicated to protecting the public health and

environment of all Americans. She was nominated to lead the Agency by

President Barack Obama on December 15, 2008 and confirmed by the Senate

on January 23, 2009. She is the first African American to serve in

that position.

Administrator lists among her

priorities reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality,

managing chemical risks, cleaning up hazardous waste sites, and

protecting America’s water.

Before becoming EPA’s

Administrator, served as Chief of Staff to New Jersey Governor

Jon S. Corzine. Prior to that, she was appointed by Governor Jon S.

Corzine to be Commissioner of the state’s Department of Environmental

Protection (DEP) in 2006. While Commissioner, was known for her

advocacy for reducing greenhouse gases, aggressively addressing

pollution, and having an open and honest dialogue with stakeholders in

the public policy process. She was also noted for ensuring that

underserved communities received fair environmental protection under

the law.

joined DEP in 2002, serving as Assistant

Commissioner for Compliance and Enforcement, then Assistant

Commissioner for Land Use Management, before becoming Commissioner.

Prior to joining DEP, she worked for 16 years as an employee of the

U.S. EPA, initially at its headquarters in Washington and later at its

regional office in New York City. During that time, she was involved

in directing hazardous waste cleanup operations and helping to direct

the region’s enforcement division..

Governor Corzine said of

her after her confirmation to head the U.S. EPA, “The American people

have gained a tireless public servant and a tenacious guardian of the

environment.”

is a summa cum laude graduate of

Tulane University’s School of Chemical Engineering and earned a

master’s degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.

She was born in Pennsylvania and grew up a proud resident of New Orleans,

Louisiana.

now resides in Washington D.C. and East Windsor, New Jersey.

She is married to Kenny and is the proud mother of two

wonderful sons, Marcus and .

http://www.epa.gov/administrator/biography.htm

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From: dana dana <gsgrl2000@...>

Subject: [] OT: Science returns to the EPA, and new head of key NIH

environmental science agency is a toxicologist

http://www.thecanar yreport.org/ 2009/02/06/ obama-administra tion-brings-

change-to- epa-and-nih/

Obama administration brings change to EPA and NIH

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Toxicologist, AND from New Orleans. I hope the same as you. That could open alot

of doors for sick buildings everywhere. Very cool and very hopeful.

   

   Sickbuilding Syndrome should be one of your greatest concerns.    

 www.biotoxin.info    

Here's some more info on .  Let's hope she is allowed to do things

the right way without political interference from the insurance industry and

others.